Journal of Daylighting

Journal of Daylighting is a peer-reviewed international journal devoted to investigations of daylighting in buildings. It is the leading journal that publishes original research on all aspects of Energy, buildings, and lighting. Areas of special interest for this journal include, but are not limited to, the following:

    • Energy
      • Energy sources
      • Energy systems
      • Energy-efficient technologies
      • Energy and environment
      • Energy storage
      • Artificial intelligence in energy systems
      • Photovoltaic cells and systems
      • Building-integrated photovoltaics
      • Solar thermal
      • Solar energy applications
    • Buildings
      • Architectural/Building engineering
      • Smart buildings
      • Building energy modeling
      • Building physics
      • Building envelopes
      • Indoor environment quality
    • Lighting
      • Illumination optics
      • Daylighting
      • Artificial lighting
      • Lighting simulation
      • Lighting designs
      • Luminaires
      • Lighting metrology and light quality
      • Lighting control

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Integrating Acoustic Comfort and Daylighting in Transparent Multi-Purpose Halls:

Multi-purpose halls are halls where many different activities, such as music, theater, speech, and shows, can be performed in the same space. Recently, multi-purpose halls illuminated with daylight have been frequently seen.

Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 215-234

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Assessing the Indoor Thermal Comfort and Adaptive Behaviours of Older

Population aging, extreme weather conditions, and rising energy costs present significant challenges, especially in developing Asian countries like India.

Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 190-214

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Balancing the Parameters of Perforated Solar Screens to Optimize Daylight

Perforated solar screens (PSSs) have been widely used as an outer skin for the fully glazed façades of office buildings for their environmental and aesthetic benefits..

Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 167-189

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A Framework for Integrating Zoning Regulations and Site Layout Design

Daylight is one of the primary sources to ensure a comfortable, healthy, and energy-efficient neighborhoods. Zoning regulations significantly influence daylight-driven site layouts by constraining design decisions, particularly at the neighborhood scale.

Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 148-166

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Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analyses of Switchable Slat Insulated Shades for

To balanced multi-criteria's daylighting performance in indoor spaces, several dynamic metrics have been proposed, but so far there is no convention on which daylight metrics thresholds are preferred and which objective weights are given priority in optimization of daylighting under certain climate.

Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 125-147

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Multi-Objective Performance Evaluation Framework for Integrated Fiber-Reinforced Shading

Shading systems are associated by their ability to control various factors such as energy consumption, visual comfort, and natural ventilation. To fulfill such economic, environmental, and social requirements, the use of integrated modular fiber-Reinforced Concrete (FRC) shading systems has become popular in recent years.

Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 111-124

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Multi-objective Optimization of Window and Shading Systems for Enhanced

Addressing the challenges of global warming and rising energy demands, this study explores fixed shading systems as passive and sustainable solutions to improve energy efficiency, thermal comfort, and daylight performance in office buildings.

Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 91-110

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Designing Adaptability Strategy to a Novel Kinetic Adaptive Façade (

The design and evaluation of adaptive facades (AFs) have become increasingly complex due to advancements in morphology, control strategies, and adaptability techniques.

Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 69-90

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Feasibility Study of Five Solar Thermal Power Plants in Arequipa,

Knowing the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) allows for evaluating the profitability of different energy generation technologies, identifying the options with the lowest costs, and, in turn, promoting the transition to more sustainable energy sources for governments and private companies.

Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 51-68

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Optimisation of Indoor Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Deep Architectural

Visual comfort in deep rooms with side lit openings varies by positions and time; thus, interventions are required to provide comfort for all users in a room.

Journal of Daylighting (2025) 40-50

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The Effect of Curved Light Shelves, Ceiling and Window Characteristics

Daylighting is related to the user's psychological and physiological effects in educational space. The amount of daylighting significantly influences visual comfort, work tasks, academic performance and productivity.

Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 21-39

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Daylight Optimization of the South-Faced Architecture Classrooms Using Biomimicry-

Building design is a product of multiple factors, such as concept and aesthetics, building materials and technologies, environmental conditions, and daylight requirements of the inner spaces.

Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 1-20

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Design Alternatives of Light Shelves using Altmann Linkage

This paper proposes a novel new light shelf design with Altmann linkage using its kinetic principles: geometry and rotational angles. As previous studies explain a light shelf’s design in two ways: static and movable, the proposed one in this study has the potential to track the path of the sun due to its diagonal movement. .

Journal of Daylighting 11 (2024) 391-407

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Optimum Geometry of Double-skin Self-Shading Facade of Classrooms

The significant energy consumption in educational spaces worldwide and its environmental impact greatly influence the quality of space, learning levels, and student comfort.

Journal of Daylighting 11 (2024) 372-389

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Parametric Optimization Approach to Evaluate Dynamic Shading Within Double-Skin

This research aims to support the choice of an appropriate dynamic louver shading system (DL-SS) within double-skin facade insulated glazed units (DSF-IGUs) as a high-performance integrated window system (DSF-IGUs/DL-SS) that meets both thermal and energy performance via daylight availability under a tropical climate.

Journal of Daylighting 11 (2024) 349-371

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Unfolding 3D Space into Binary Images for Daylight Simulation via

Daylighting plays a crucial role in building science, impacting both occupants’ well-being and energy consumption in buildings. Balancing the size of openings with energy efficiency has long been a challenge. .

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 204-2013

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Integrative Lighting Design: How to Optimize Visual and Non-visual

The objective of this paper is to outline fundamental principles for the electric lighting design of workplace environments such as offices. The study considers both the suggested guidelines and values for non-visual light design and the specifications for visual tasks dictated by the EN 12464-1:2021.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 192-203

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The Effect of Parametric Patterned Façade Variations on Daylight

Parametric design influences on building envelope design are exponentially increasing in the current era due to the dominance of computational design on architectural outcomes.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 173-191

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Analysing the Daylighting Performance of the Main Prayer-hall in

This paper studies the daylighting quality of the indoor prayer-hall in The Great Upper Mosque of Hama city in Syria, highlighting this distinctive historical converted building that has been functioning as a mosque since the entry of Islam in the 6th century AD.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 153-172

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Sunlight-Daylight Signature: a Novel Concept to Assess Sunlight and

Daylighting and solar availability at urban scale has come to play a crucial role in the perception of discomfort conditions for people, both in outdoor and indoor spaces, and on the energy consumption of buildings.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 136-152

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Ray Tracing Algorithm to Simulate Laser-Cut Panel Light-Redirecting

Daylighting simulation software is an important tool to improve the quality of building design and to improve the quality of the built environment. For its application to correspond to reality, its algorithm needs to reflect real behaviour in the best possible way.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 87-98

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The Effects of Orientation and Width of Space Between Buildings

Excessive heat in the high-rise urban fabric has contributed to pedestrian and occupants' discomfort. Establishing wind circulation in space with an environmentally compatible and optimal configuration is necessary to improve comfort in this region.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 99-116

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Evaluation of the Visual Comfort and Daylight Performance of the

The daylight in classrooms is a crucial aspect that affects the quality of the learning environment and the overall performance of the students. Visual arts, such as painting, sculpture, carving, textile design and photography, require specific lighting conditions, which are different from the regular classroom standards.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 117-135

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Design Optimization of the Skylight for Daylighting and Energy Performance

In terms of sustainable design, lateral windows and skylights are important. Daylighting has become a vital component in office buildings because it increases occupants' productivity, well-being, and energy savings via windows and skylights.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 72-86

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The Architectural Design of Building Façade Models Related to

Lighting control integrated with daylighting is recognized as an important and useful strategy in energy efficient building design. One of the right factors to reduce energy consumption for artificial lighting during the day is the maximum utilization of sunlight.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 60-71

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Evaluation of Occupants’ Visual Perception in Day Lit Scenes: A

Daylight improves indoor environmental quality, the physical and mental health of occupants, and their efficiency. Research in the area of human-centric lighting that considers the visual and non-visual effects of light on human vision, have focused on examining human visual perception in response to a wide variety of lighting aspects.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 45-59

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Impact of Window Design on Dynamic Daylight Performance in an

Window design affects the building's appearance. Besides, it has a significant impact on daylight performance and the visual comfort of interior spaces.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 31-44

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Visual Comfort Assessment of Hospital Patient Rooms with Climate Responsive

As advanced technologies become prevalent, they are being used more widely in numerous fields. The building sector is not an exception. One of these cutting-edge technologies is responsive facades, which are used in buildings and have an undeniable effect on daylighting.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 17-30

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Biomimicry as an Approach to Improve Daylighting Performance in Office

Biomimicry inspired architects to solve complex design problems and develop adaptive solutions for enhancing the environmental quality. Fields of inspiration include energy efficiency, natural ventilation, daylighting, and structural stability.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 1-16

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Join our Editorial Board

Applications should be sent electronically at jd@solarlits.com.

Editorial Board

Dr Guiqiang Li
University of Science and Technology of China, China

Prof. Yuehong Su
University of Nottingham, UK

Prof. Önder Güler
Istanbul Technical University, Türkiye

Dr. Kacem Gairaa
center for renewable energy development, Algeria

Dr Fabio Peron
IUAV University of Venice, Italy

Prof. Antonio Manuel Peña García
University of Granada, Spain

Prof Hongfei Zheng
Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Dr Ferdinando Salata
University of Rome, Italy

Prof Laura Bellia
University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Dr Canan Kandilli
Usak University, Turkey

Prof. Nabil Elminshawy
Port Said University, Egypt

Prof. Lambros T. Doulos
Hellenic Open University, Greece

Dr Valerio Roberto Maria LO VERSO
Politecnico di Torino (Polytechnic University of Turin), Italy

Dr Umberto Berardi
Ryerson University, canada

Dr jian yao
Ningbo University, China

Dr Osama Mohamed Omar
University of Bahrain , Bahrain

Dr. Francesca Fragliasso
University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Dr Karam M. Al-Obaidi
Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Dr Marina Bonomolo
University of Palermo, Italia

Dr. Michele Rocca
University of Pisa, Italia

Dr Doris Abigail Chi Pool
Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Mexico

Prof. BANU MANAV
Kadir Has University, Turkey

Dr Vincenzo Costanzo
University of Catania, Italy

Dr Paula M. Esquivias
University of Granada, Spain

Dr Mohammed Salah Mayhoub
Al-Azhar University, Egypt

Wei Wang
Southeast University, 中国

Dr Rizki A. Mangkuto
Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

Omid Nematollahi
Isfahan University of Technology, South Korea

Prof Jitka Mohelnikova
Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

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Heliostats Daylighting System for Multi-floor Buildings

Daylighting has been considered as a major part of sustainable buildings for saving electric lighting and providing benefits such as, health, visual comfort, and productivity of the occupants.

Journal of Daylighting 2019 (2019) 202-209

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Solar Energy Gain and Space-Heating Energy Supply Analyses for

A considerable effort is devoted to devising retrofit solutions for reducing space-heating energy in the domestic sector. Existing UK solid-wall dwellings, which have both heritage values and historic fabric, are being improved but yet they tend to have meagre thermal performance, partly, due to the heat-loss through glazings.

Journal of Daylighting 4 (2017) 15-25

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Thermographic Mobile Mapping of Urban Environment for Lighting and Energy

The generation of 3D models of buildings has been proved as a useful procedure for multiple applications related to energy, from energy rehabilitation management to design of heating systems, analysis of solar contribution to both heating and lighting of buildings.

Journal of Daylighting 1 (2014) 8-15

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A New Trend for Indoor Lighting Design Based on A

Most power system planners are interested in the savings of electrical power consumption. Various references demonstrate that the highest consumed power is by the lighting systems standing around 19% of worldwide energy consumption.

Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 137-153

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Annual Performance Assessment of Complex Fenestration Systems in Sunny Climates

Complex Fenestration Systems (CFS) are advanced daylighting systems that are placed on the upper part of a window to improve the indoor daylight distribution within rooms.

Journal of Daylighting 2 (2015) 32-43

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Power Factor Correction of Compact Fluorescent and Tubular LED Lamps

Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) and Light-emitting Diode (LED) lamps have received wide acceptance in lighting applications during the last few years.

Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 73-83

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Appraisal of the visual environment in an industrial factory: a

The physiological and psychological benefits of daylighting for office occupants have been well explored. Current research usually focuses on visual comfort in office buildings.

Journal of Daylighting 3 (2016) 12-26

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Daylighting metrics: an approach to dynamic cubic illuminance

Advances in research work in the field of numerical analysis of daylight performance have generated in-depth knowledge on photometric measurements of daylight quality.

Journal of Daylighting 5 (2018) 34-42

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REVIEW ARTICLE

Daylight in Buildings and Visual Comfort Evaluation: the Advantages and

Exposure to daylight significantly affects the psychological well-being of occupants by diminishing headaches, eye tensions, or stress. Daylight penetration is a matter of collaboration between building façade and perimeter zones that can be controlled through façade design features. .

Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 181-203

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Evaluation of Daylight Availability for Energy Savings

Dynamic daylight simulations are very useful instruments in daylighting design process. They allow an in depth analysis of indoor daylight availability levels and define if they are adequate to perform a particular visual task.

Journal of Daylighting 2 (2015) 12-20

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The Effect of Fixed External Shading Devices on Daylighting and

Building shading devices can improve the thermal comfort in indoor environment, and also reduce cooling and heating energy consumption in dry and hot climate.

Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 165-180

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Impact of Different Shading Devices on Daylight Performance and Visual

Daylighting has become an essential feature in libraries since it can boost productivity, well-being, and energy savings. It is crucial to prevent discomfort glare irritation while maintaining the quality of view, and daylight demands.

Journal of Daylighting 9 (2022) 97-116

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Illumination and Lighting Energy Use in an Office Room with

This paper describes a field study of the illumination and lighting energy use in a full-scale test office in a building located in southern Norway. Natural light is provided to the office via southwest-oriented windows and a horizontal light pipe (HLP) with a daylight entrance facing the south.

Journal of Daylighting 9 (2022) 209-227

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Optical Analysis of a New Solar Distiller with Cylindrical Surface

In this paper, a new solar distiller floating on ocean with cylindrical surface concentrator and vertical gap evaporator is proposed for solving the problem of freshwater shortage in islands.

Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 100-109

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A Field-validated Multi-objective Optimization of the Shape and

This study aims to determine the optimum size of windows based on the window-to-floor ratio (WFR) for the main cardinal directions in Hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) and Dry Summer Continental (Dsa) climates (Köppen–Geiger classification system) by carrying out a multi-objective optimization that relies on three dynamic metrics of Useful Daylight Illuminance (UDI-a (autonomous)), Daylight Autonomy (DA), and Annual Sunlight Exposure (ASE1000,250) in Radiance version 5.1..

Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 222-237

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Comparative Investigation of Daylight Glare Probability (DGP) Comfort Classes in

Glare is considered one of the most important variables to reach visual comfort and visual quality. It represents one of the fundamental barriers for an effective use of daylighting in buildings.

Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 284-293

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Impact of Furniture Layout on Indoor Daylighting Performance in Existing

Currently, home-based computing workspaces have developed substantially all over the world, especially in Malaysia. This growing trend attracts computer workers to run a business from their residential units.

Journal of Daylighting 5 (2018) 1-13

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Outdoor Investigation of High Concentrator Photovoltaic Under Uniform and Non-

This study was performed in outdoor conditions to quantify the level of influence on the electrical performance of the Multi-junction (MJ) solar cells.

Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 1-12

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Design and Simulation of a Circadian Lighting Control System Using

This paper introduces a fuzzy logic-based circadian lighting control system using flexibility of Light-Emitting Diode (LED) lighting technology to synchronise artificial lighting with circadian (natural) lighting Correlated Colour Temperature (CCT) characteristics.

Journal of Daylighting 9 (2022) 64-82

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Exploring the Impact of Natural Light Exposure on Sleep of

Studies among people with dementia demonstrated that the sleep quality and rhythm improves significantly when people are exposed to ambient bright light.

Journal of Daylighting 5 (2018) 14-20

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Improving Daylight Availability in Heritage Buildings: A Case Study of

Refurbished heritage buildings usually lack in meeting the required standards defined for the new function especially when reused as educational buildings.

Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 120-133

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Photobioreactors as a Dynamic Shading System Conceived for an Outdoor

In the field of responsive shading systems, the use of photobioreactors (PBRs) containing microalgae seems to be a promising technology. Within this framework, this paper presents a case study where a PBR was specifically conceived as a shading system for an external workspace located on an open terrace of the State Library of Queensland (SLQ) in Brisbane.

Journal of Daylighting 6 (2019) 148-168

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No-Greenery Line and Greenery-View Factor, New Architectural Design

The paper proposes a new tool for evaluation of the degree of visual contact with the outdoor greenery, the Greenery-View factor (GV), intended to be easy to grasp and simple to use.

Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 282-286

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Optimisation of Passive Solar Design Strategies in Side-lit Offices:

It has been shown that in buildings with fully glazed facades designed to save electricity and increase daylight, overheating due to excessive solar gains and glare have become recurrent problems, affecting the quality of the indoor environment in office buildings.

Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 107-121

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Effect of Roller Shades on Chromaticity and Colour Rendering Performance

Several studies have focused on the performance of roller shades in terms of glare, outdoor vision, daylight availability and energy performance. Currently, other parameters linked to visual amenity, such as chromaticity and colour rendition, are becoming relevant.

Journal of Daylighting 9 (2022) 1-12

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